Chapter 4

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Moral virtues 5
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Relevant texts:
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Book II, Book X, ch. 9
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Problems of interpretation 21
• How does Aristotle think virtues, emotions 22
and choices are related to one another? 23
• What is the point of the ‘Doctrine of the 24
Mean’? 25
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Critical issues
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• Is Aristotle’s view of moral training
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tantamount to indoctrination?
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• How do we know which are virtues and
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which vices?
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We have seen that it is Aristotle’s view that a fulfilled 34
life is a life lived kat’ aretēn – in accordance with 35
virtue. It is a life in which our human capacities, and 36
in particular our specifically human capacities, are put 37

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